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Federal Frenzy

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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a new trading week. The big news, of course, is that a breakthrough in the Senate has greatly increased the chances that the longest government shutdown in history is going to end pretty soon. Assets are up across the board, even though a deal to re-open the government would only be good through January, at which time we’d all go through this circus again. At least Thanksgiving isn’t going to be ruined.

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